Re: [PATCH] Futex Generalization Patch

Mark Mielke (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:57:40 -0400

On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 12:22:59PM -0400, Hubertus Franke wrote:
> typedef struct siginfo {
> ...
> union {
> int _pad[SI_PAD_SIZE];
>
> struct {
> ...
> } _kill;
> ...
>
> I'd suggest we tag along the _sigfault semantics.
> We don't need to know who woke us up, just which <addr> got signalled.
>

Is there issues with creating a new struct in the union that represents
exactly what you wish it to represent?

mark

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